16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment
	National Color of the Sixteenth Arkansas
Active	1861–1864
Disbanded	September 1864
Country	Confederate States
Allegiance	Arkansas
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry
Nickname(s)	"Sixteenth Arkansas"
Facings	Light blue
Arms	Minie rifles
Engagements	American Civil War; Battle of Pea Ridge; Siege of Corinth; Battle of Farmington; Iuka-Corinth Campaign Battle of Iuka; Second Battle of Corinth; ; Siege of Port Hudson ;

The 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Sixteenth Arkansas") was an infantry formation in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Organized from volunteer companies from northwest Arkansas, the regiment participated in the Pea Ridge Campaign before crossing the Mississippi River and becoming involved in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign and the Siege of Port Hudson. After being surrendered with the garrison of Port Hudson the unit was reorganized in Arkansas and consolidated with the remnants of several other Arkansas Regiments to become the 1st Consolidated Arkansas Infantry.

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